The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation issued a statement regarding the closure of the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia by Azerbaijan, which states:

“In 2022 since December 12, Azerbaijan blocked the only road connecting the Republic of Artsakh to the world. Despite the various excuses presented by Azerbaijan, the latter’s strategic goal is to force the population of the Republic of Artsakh to leave its historical homeland. In this matter, Azerbaijan is guided by the plan to gradually turn Artsakh into Nakhichevan: no Armenians, no problems. At the same time, Azerbaijan will obviously not be satisfied with the depopulation of Artsakh. After the second Artsakh war in 2020, the public statements made by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan clearly testify to the territorial ambitions of the Republic of Armenia, including the capital Yerevan.

The military-political leadership of Azerbaijan is excited about the growing importance of Azerbaijan due to the latest geopolitical developments, including the growing opportunities to export Turkmen gas to international markets through the territory of Azerbaijan. Perhaps in Baku, they believe that geopolitical and geoeconomic interests will make them turn a blind eye to the implementation of genocidal actions against the Armenians of Artsakh and the unleashing of new aggression against the Republic of Armenia.

However, the experience of the last hundred years definitely proves one thing – the perpetrators of genocide and genocidal acts have suffered their deserved punishment. We are confident that the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan will also answer for the crimes committed and currently being planned against the Armenian nation, and the Armenians of the Artsakh Republic will continue to live and work in their historical homeland, despite the existing unspeakable difficulties.